Ornament

This ornament is a little over 7 inches from top to tip, and is comprised of five elements. The finial, center ball, and icicle are Cocobolo, and the two natural edge shells are the two halves of a piece of limb from an ornamental tree a friend took down (circuitous way of saying I don’t know what it is!).

This ornament is a little heavy for my liking (cocabolo is pretty dense, and I couldn’t figure out a way to take much weight out of the center ball by hollowing … the ball is only 1 1/8 inch in diameter and has a tenon on each end). I also had trouble keeping the bark on the natural edge elements … I have never worked with a natural edge turning this small (3 inches long, two inches wide, with < 1/8” wall thickness).

Full Disclosure: The design idea for this came from Kelly Bresnahan, an instructor at the NWTC Artisan Center in Green Bay. This design was on3e of several he suggested in a class on turned ornaments in November.

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"

Gerry, Very nice!!! One of those ornament/artworks that are a good talking point for people to ponder on while sitting in your lounge room sipping coffee.The two natural edge shells each side of the centre ball set it off nicely. The colours work well too. Great Work.